Local space rock four-pieceChris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band just announced a short hiatus in order to finish their upcoming album, which is due out some time in 2016 on No Quarter Records. But that doesn’t mean that fans have to wait until the release of The Island, Forsyth’s side-collaboration with experimental multi-instrumentalist Koen Holtkamp, out this fall via Trouble In Mind Records. The group recently played a set of all new material at Baby’s All Right in New York, is now streaming over at NYCtaper. Continue reading →

NYC Taper continues its coverage of this year’s XPoNential Music Festival with a download of Hurray For the Riff Raff‘s complete set. The audio archivists have been following the Louisiana band since the summer of 2012, and as they write in the audio post:

Philly / Brooklyn four-piece Swearin‘ played a set at Maxwell’s on April 20th and New York live-audio archivists NYC Taper were there to capture the show. Swearin’ lead-singer Allison Crutchfield and her sister Katie (Waxahatchee) recently moved to Philly and have quickly made a mark with their respective punk rock / new rock compositions. Swearin’s full set is available as a free download on NYC Taper here. You can also revisit Waxahatchee’s NYC Taper appearance here. Stream Swearin’s performance of “Movie Star” below.

Photo by PSquared Photography Jason Killinger’s psychedelic garage rock band Spacin’ performed on April 4th at Brooklyn’s 285 Kent with their pals Purling Hiss (led by Mike Polizze). NYC Taper has both sets that you can download for free. Download the Spacin’ set here and the set from Purling Hiss here. Below, stream a cover of the MC5’s “American Ruse” by Spacin,’ and “Don’t Even Try It” by Purling Hiss.

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